A girl in Spain undergoes the world's first intestinal transplant
A 13-month-old girl underwent the world's first intestinal transplant, taken from a person whose heart had stopped contracting, Spanish health authorities said.
And the health authorities of the Madrid region announced in a statement yesterday, that the La Paz Hospital had succeeded in performing "the first intestinal transplant in the world, after this organ was donated by a person whose heart stopped contracting."
The authorities stated that the child, Emma, "has been released from the hospital and is currently at her home with her parents, Anna and Daniel, and she is in excellent condition."
Organs are donated to patients whose heart has stopped after their death.
The authorities stated that this technology allows "after obtaining a person's death certificate, the organs can be preserved by pumping blood mixed with oxygen into them."
She stressed that this technique "has never been used before today for the intestines, as it is not suitable for them, despite the death of 30% of patients on the waiting list."
Several teams at the hospital in the Spanish capital conducted research and experiments over a period of three years to prove that this transplant is feasible.
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